About the Course
Junior Company allows young dancers the opportunity to experience company membership. Junior Company meets weekly this year and introduces students to improvisation, choreography and repertory. During that time dancers will be rehearsing dances to be performed at our fall and spring events. Junior Company dancers are expected to take 2 additional classes.
Junior Company is designed for dancers ages 9-13. Company members are required to take at least 2 other technique classes.
Your Instructor
Kathleen Gale
A student of Halestone for the past 15 years, Gale brings a practiced knowledge of studio approaches in improvisation, modern and contemporary theories of movement, and a deep sense of our movement community. Kathleen danced and honed her movement artistry under past Halestone directors and teaching artists Nancy Saylor, Chanel Smith, Julia Vessey, Bailey Anderson, Mauri Conners, Molly Smith, and Kaitlin Pennington. She’s taught clogging and elementary modern classes since 2022, and directed “Obscure Sorrows”and other pieces for Halestone’s spring recitals. Kathleen has a passion for integrating visual, performing, and written arts as well as instilling anatomical awareness into her students.